Flu Outbreak Shuts Down Entire Hancock Co. School System In W. Va.

NEW CUMBERLAND, W.Va. (AP) -- All the schools in a West Virginia county are being closed because of a flu outbreak.

A state Education Department spokesperson forwarded a voicemail from the Hancock County school superintendent confirming the Friday closures.

In the voicemail, Superintendent Timothy Woodward says all schools in the county will be closed because a large number of staff and faculty have the flu. He says they don't have enough substitute teachers to fill the schools.

Woodward says a single elementary school has over 18 teachers out with the flu. He also says a large number of central office staff have the flu.

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